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Franklin Joins FMC Agricultural Solutions as Retail Market Manager

9/28/2013

PHILADELPHIA – September 28, 2013 – FMC Agricultural Solutions has hired Kyle Franklin to join their southern regional sales team as a retail market manager for the Carolinas and Southern Virginia. In his new position, Franklin will lead sales initiatives and work directly with FMC Star Retailers in his territory.

“Kyle brings many years of experience and strategic understanding of these territories and the people in this market,” said Bob Lusby, FMC Agricultural Solutions regional business manager. “We’re excited to have him on the team, because we know he will bring value to the retailers and customers in his region.”

Franklin began his career with FMC Professional Solutions, where he served as a market specialist in the structural pest business, working with team members and customers across Virginia, Georgia and the Carolinas. An economics graduate of the University of North Carolina, Franklin also worked with Terminex as a commercial division manager and taught high school business before joining the FMC North American Crop division. Franklin began his new position on Sept. 23.

FMC Corporation is a diversified chemical company serving agricultural, industrial, environmental and consumer markets globally for more than a century with innovative solutions, applications and quality products. In 2012, FMC had annual sales of approximately $3.7 billion. The company employs approximately 6,000 people throughout the world, and operates its businesses in four segments: FMC Agricultural Solutions, FMC Health and Nutrition, FMC Minerals and FMC Peroxygens. For more information, visit www.FMC.com.

About FMC Agricultural Products

FMC Corporation has been serving agriculture for more than a century—long enough to know that new threats are always on the horizon. Crop by crop, region by region, we're dedicated to meeting these challenges head-on with innovative herbicides, pesticides and fungicides that add value to your operation. Bottom line, we're in this together and the only factor that determines our success is yours.